Robert Lebling
Author of Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar
About the Author
Robert Lebling has lived and worked as a journalist in Egypt, Lebanon, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and is the author (with Donna Pepperdine) of Natural Remedies of Arabia. Married with two daughters, he is currently a writer and communications specialist based in Saudi Arabia.
Works by Robert Lebling
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- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Occupations
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Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from… by Robert Lebling
Jinn were more widely found than I thought and in more forms than I could count. Indeed, Lebling gets bogged at times going over the sheer number of Jinn-related folk tales and stories, and he tends to take all references to jinn at face value, including posts on old website forums.
½Interesting review of folklore, but I kept getting tripped up on beliefs/practices described as happening "today" that make reference to materials written in the 1930s—and on how weird it is that "man/mankind" was still being used in 2010 to refer humans/humanity.
A very interesting, scholarly book about everything related to jinn/genies. This book covers the nature of jinn, their origins (before and during Islam), jinn behaviors, types of jinn, historical encounters, locations and jinn in cultural contexts. No "new-agey", fluffy stuff.
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- Rating
- 3.9
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